09 January 2005	Sunday	27 Ziqa'ad 1425

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: Pakistan's cricket team will tour India from Feb 25, Indian cricket board secretary Karunakaran Nair announced on Saturday.

"The Pakistan team will tour India from Feb 25 till April 18," Nair said. "The itinerary is still being worked out and will be announced shortly."

Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and five one-day internationals apart from two practice games during their 53-day tour.

They last toured India in 1999 when a two-Test series was drawn 1-1. Pakistan won an Asian Test championship match against India in Calcutta on the same tour.

But bilateral series between the two countries were banned soon after by the Indian government because of tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir which is claimed by both.

Cricketing ties were resumed after a thaw in relations last year when India went to Pakistan on their first full tour in almost 15 years, winning both the Test as well as a one-day series.-AFP